Neurodegenerative disease is a condition which affects brain function. Neurodegenerative diseases result from deterioration of neurons. They are divided into two groups: Contagious redirects here. ... Comparative brain sizes In animals, the brain, or encephalon (Greek for in the head), is the control center of the central nervous system. ... Drawing by Santiago Ramón y Cajal of cells in the pigeon cerebellum. ...

1. conditions causing problems with movements
2. conditions affecting memory and conditions related to dementia

Memory is the ability of an organism to store, retain, and subsequently recall information. ... For other senses of this word, see dementia (disambiguation). ...

List of neurodegenerative diseases

• Alexander disease
• Alper's disease
• Alzheimer disease
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• Ataxia telangiectasia
• Batten disease (also known as Spielmeyer-Vogt-Sjogren-Batten disease)
• Canavan disease
• Cockayne syndrome
• Corticobasal degeneration
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• Huntington disease
• Kennedy's disease
• Krabbe disease
• Lewy body dementia
• Machado-Joseph disease (Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3)
• Multiple sclerosis
• Multiple System Atrophy
• Parkinson disease
• Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease
• Pick's disease
• Primary lateral sclerosis
• Refsum's disease
• Sandhoff disease
• Schilder's disease
• Spielmeyer-Vogt-Sjogren-Batten disease (also known as Batten disease)
• Spinocerebellar ataxia (multiple types with varying characteristics)
• Spinal muscular atrophy
• Steele-Richardson-Olszewski disease
• Tabes dorsalis

Alexander disease is a slowly progressing fatal neurodegenerative disease. ... Alpers disease, also called progressive infantile poliodystrophy, is a progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system that occurs in infants and children. ... Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, sometimes called Lou Gehrig’s disease, Maladie de Charcot or motor neurone disease) is a chronic, progressive, almost invariably fatal neurological disease. ... Ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) (Boder-Sedgwick syndrome or Louis-Bar syndrome) is a primary immunodeficiency disorder that occurs in an estimated incidence of 1 in 40,000 to 1 in 300,000 births (Lederman, 2000). ... Batten disease is a rare, fatal, inherited disease of the nervous system (neurodegenerative disorder) that begins in childhood. ... Although Canavan disease may occur in any ethnic group, it affects persons of Eastern European Jewish ancestry more frequently. ... Cockayne syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by growth failure, impaired development of the nervous system, abnormal sensitivity to sunlight (photosensitivity), and premature aging. ... Corticobasal degeneration (CBD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease associated with atrophy of the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia. ... Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a very rare and incurable degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease) that is ultimately fatal. ... Kennedy disease (KD) or X-linked spinal-bulbar muscle atrophy is a neuromuscular disease associated with mutations of the androgen receptor (AR). ... Krabbe disease (also known as globoid cell leukodystrophy or galactosylceramide lipidosis) is a rare, often fatal degenerative disorder that affects the nervous system. ... Dementia with Lewy bodies is the second most frequent cause of hospitalization for dementia, after Alzheimers disease. ... Cerebellum (in blue) of the human brain Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a disease with multiple types, each of which could be considered a disease in its own right. ... Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a degenerative neurological disorder characterized by a combination of the following: Progressive damage to the autonomic nervous system, commonly leading to low blood pressure upon standing, difficulty urinating, and/or abnormal breathing during sleep Muscle rigidity +/- tremor and slow movement (Parkinsonism) Poor coordination / unsteady walking... Dirka dirka Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare central nervous system disorder in which coordination, motor abilities, and intellectual function are delayed to variable extents. ... Picks disease is a dementing illness associated with deterioration of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. ... Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is a rare neuromuscular disease characterized by progressive muscle weakness in the voluntary muscles. ... Sandhoff disease is a rare inherited disorder that causes progressive destruction of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. ... Batten disease is a rare, fatal, inherited disease of the nervous system (neurodegenerative disorder) that begins in childhood. ... Cerebellum (in blue) of the human brain Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a disease with multiple types, each of which could be considered a disease in its own right. ... Tabes dorsalis (also called locomotor ataxia) is a late form of syphilis resulting in a degeneration of the dorsal columns of the spinal cord and marked by shooting pains, emaciation, loss of muscular coordination (resulting in the wide-based unsteady gait characteristic of the disease), and disturbances of sensation and...

See also

• Trinucleotide repeat disorders